State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Garnes v. Fleming Landfill, Inc.

Decided December 5, 1991. Richard Forlani Neely wrote the opinion for the court.

413 S.E.2d 897 · Cited 145 times

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Wells v. Smith · 297 S.E.2d 872
Hospital Authority v. Jones · 409 S.E.2d 501
Green Oil Co. v. Hornsby · 539 So. 2d 218
Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady · 430 U.S. 274
Barry v. Edmunds · 116 U.S. 550
Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Humes · 115 U.S. 512
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Beckwith · 129 U.S. 26
Blankenship v. General Motors Corp. · 406 S.E.2d 781
Day v. Woodworth · 54 U.S. 363
Hayseeds, Inc. v. State Farm Fire & Cas. · 352 S.E.2d 73
Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Co. · 119 Cal. App. 3d 757
Nelson v. West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Board · 300 S.E.2d 86
Roberts v. Stevens Clinic Hospital, Inc. · 345 S.E.2d 791
Muzelak v. King Chevrolet, Inc. · 368 S.E.2d 710
Alexander & Alexander, Inc. v. B. Dixon Evander & Associates, Inc. · 596 A.2d 687
Republic Insurance v. Hires · 810 P.2d 790
Bradley v. Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. · 471 N.W.2d 670
Universal Underwriters Ins. Co. v. GORGEI, ETC. · 345 So. 2d 412

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